With Bone Tempering complete, only the final step of the Qi Refining stage remains: Organ Training the internal organs.
Bone Training is for developing a strong physique, ensuring the body's strength can support subsequent cultivation levels and provide sufficient protection.
After all, the purpose of cultivating immortality is to achieve longevity and live longer. While increasing the upper limit of lifespan, improving one's ability to adapt to the external environment is equally important.
Otherwise, even if you increase your lifespan, you'll still get injured and bleed from bumps and knocks. All that cultivation will just make your life as fragile as before, and all that cultivation will have been for nothing.
"System, where should I begin training my Organ Training?"
Although Li Xingkong had already learned about the relevant theories regarding the Organ Training, he was still somewhat at a loss as to where to begin.
The human body has so many internal organs, and many of them influence and are interconnected. Adjusting one organ may affect the function of other organs.
"The purpose of 'Organ Training' is primarily to completely transform the body's existing structure and functions to adapt to the entirely different energy circulation mechanisms after cultivation, and to enhance some organs that become less useful after cultivation."
The system didn't give a direct answer; it first explained the main purpose of Organ Training.
"The heart's original function is to supply energy to the whole body using blood, but after cultivation, the energy carried by blood cells is no longer the body's main energy source."
"Therefore, the function of the heart needs to be changed. We will refine it into the central hub of the body's Mana Circuit, so that after cultivation, it will also play an energy-supplying role. After the Organ Training is completed, it will become the body's engine."
"Regarding the stomach, you've already practiced the Ingestion Spell, and you understand its function. Similarly, the lungs will be used to collect the Baleful Qi of heaven and earth for cultivation, the liver will enhance detoxification and recovery abilities, allowing you to regenerate severed limbs, and the kidneys will nourish your essence and provide spiritual support, which is also related to subsequent cultivation of Divine Sense."
"Therefore, the tempering of the five internal organs is actually laying the foundation for subsequent cultivation."
After listening to the system's brief introduction, Li Xingkong gained a more detailed understanding of the main objectives of this Organ Training.
The heart, lungs, stomach, and kidneys are all for laying the foundation for subsequent cultivation and also for freeing the body from dependence on related substances. The liver, on the other hand, greatly enhances the body's recovery ability.
"Actually, the cultivation speed in the Organ Refining stage is faster than you imagine."
Seeing that Li Xingkong seemed to be still struggling with where to start, the system spoke up again.
" The Bone Tempering process is slow because all bones are tempered from scratch. It takes a lot of time to train an ordinary bone to its current level, but the Organ Training stage doesn't start from scratch."
"Having cultivated for so long, your original physical condition has already improved significantly. This improvement affects your entire body. Even without specifically training your internal organs, the overall refinement of your physical condition has greatly enhanced your internal organs as well."
"However, this improvement is not due to human intervention; it's a natural improvement of the body. Although there may be some enhancement in strength and function, without human intervention, it will never generate any new functions on its own."
"Take the heart as an example. If you let it improve on its own, it will only beat more powerfully and bleed more readily, but it will never develop the ability to regulate its Mana Circuit."
Upon hearing what the system said, Li Xingkong's eyes lit up.
His original understanding of "Organ Training " and "Bone Tempering" was the same: through accumulated tempering, the relevant organs could undergo a complete transformation.
According to the system, it's actually not that complicated. He just needs to follow the corresponding Organ Training Method to make the corresponding organs develop the corresponding functions.
One approach involved building the vehicle from scratch, hammering out each wheel himself to slowly create a car; the other involved converting Wuling into a tractor.
Which one is simpler? Isn't it obvious at a glance?
I originally thought that Organ Training would take several years, but now it seems that it can be completed in a very short time.
This is much faster than I expected, and I'm one step closer to Foundation Establishment.
" Brother Li!"
Just as Li Xingkong was rejoicing about his impending Foundation Establishment, Tang Cheng and Lou Zhiwu approached him from afar.
Before anyone could even see him, Tang Cheng's loud voice had already reached them.
Upon hearing Li Xingkong immediately got up and walked to the door.
" Brother Li, the first batch of candidates for the Guanghan Palace Plan has been selected. The old man sent me to call you."
Upon seeing Li Xingkong, Tang Cheng immediately stated the purpose of his visit.
"Everyone's here? So fast?"
Li Xingkong was naturally paying attention to the first group of people selected for the Guanghan Palace Plan, since they were the first batch of people he would be directly managing.
"Hehe, this is a really big deal right now, lots of people are paying attention."
Tang Cheng smiled, then pointed to himself and Lou Zhiwu.
"We're in the first batch, so once we get to the moon, we'll be counting on you."
Li Xingkong was somewhat surprised that the two of them were able to get into the first batch.
"That's great! In what capacity were you selected?"
It's normal that Lou Zhiwu was selected, after all, even a lunar landing requires a certain number of soldiers to ensure safety. But Li Xingkong couldn't understand why Tang Cheng was selected.
" Brother Li, you can't judge a book by its cover. I'm a PhD in linguistics, specializing in oracle bone script."
Tang Cheng looked very proud. He was extremely proud of his academic qualifications, after all, he was the only student in the department, so there was no way he could fool anyone.
Five or six senior professors were focused on him, making it difficult for anyone not to learn this major. In this way, he somehow managed to get his doctorate.
"No, what would we need a PhD in linguistics for going to the moon?"
Li Xingkong truly didn't understand. The first batch of people went to the moon to do construction work, so what was the point of developing this academic discipline?
"Hehe, I'll tell you more after I meet the first batch of people."
Tang Cheng was amused by Li Xingkong's doubts, and he even kept them in suspense, which was quite unusual for him.
This made Li Xingkong even more curious. Was there something else he didn't know about besides the construction?
Interesting. He really didn't know anything about the specific arrangements for this Guanghan City Plan.
The two men led the way, and they soon arrived at a training room, which was where Li Xingkong conducted his daily training and stored his equipment.
Upon entering the training room, I found quite a few people already standing there, both men and women, about a dozen in total.
Seeing Tang Cheng bring Li Xingkong in, even though they hadn't met Li Xingkong before, they now understood that this was their future boss.
"Greetings, sir."
Without prior arrangement, they all bowed to Li Xingkong, a gesture that startled Li Xingkong. He had never seen so many people greet him so formally before.
"The first batch consists of 14 people: 4 engineers responsible for security and infrastructure; 2 architects responsible for lunar architectural design; 2 geologists responsible for lunar soil exploration; 2 biologists responsible for subsequent cultivation of Body Tempering Grass on the moon; 2 astrophysicists responsible for astronomical exploration and early warning of cosmic storms; 1 linguist; and myself, an ancient culture scholar."
After meeting everyone, Tang Cheng began to introduce the personnel involved in the operation one by one.
This operation mainly focused on infrastructure construction and exploration. In addition, they also included a linguist and a cultural expert. Li Xingkong still couldn't figure out what these two did.